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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: usman2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:29:09 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20BARRISTER=20USMAN=20BELLO=20CHAMBERS?=

BARRISTER USMAN BELLO CHAMBERS
SUITE A 205 2ND FLOOR SHOPPING PLAZA,
IKEJA, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE
Email:usman2004@globalpinoy.com

Attention:Please,
With much sincerity of purpose we make this contact
with you after satisfactory information we gathered
from the International Trade office of the Liberian
Chamber of Commerce here in Liberian though we did not
disclose the nature of the transaction to them,
believing that you will provide us a feasible solution
to job /services.

My name is Barrister Usman Bello(Esq).I am the
Family Secretary/legal adviser to the former President
Charles Taylor before he was forced out of power and
sent into exile in Nigeria. The family has huge sums
of money about Seventy Five Million United States
Dollars ($75M) safely deposited with a security
Company in Eroupe.

President Taylor, wants to invest the money but want
me to look for a trusted and honest person who can
invest this money on his family's behalf as proxy.I
have chosen you because of your track record as a
honest person. You will be paid Management/Trusteeship
fees of 30% of the total sum for managing and
investing the funds as proxy on behalf of the family.
You will be required to travel to Eroupe to claim the
funds,I will issue you a letter of Power of Attorney
and the Certificate of Deposit to enable you take
delivery of the funds from the security company in
Eroupe.

Please tell me in confidence, can you handle it? Can
you invest this huge amount of money successfully?
Have you ever handle such huge amount of money before?
How old are you? Please advise most urgently.

I look forward to your response.
Regards,
PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR.

MY EMAIL ADDRESS: usman2004@globalpinoy.com




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